The Annapolis County Exhibition in Lawrencetown
(the next town over)
(the next town over)
Walking the sheep. Riding like crazy. The zipper. The ferris wheel over the big tent.
Winning pumpkins
The Hants County Exhibition in Windsor
(the oldest agricultural fair in Canada)
Dad & the giant pumpkins - he's standing next to the winner (584 kg, though we saw larger ones on the side of the road near home). These things get carved out and are raced down the river (I think that event is coming up soon). Windsor is the home of the original giant pumpin, grown by Howard Dill in the 80s (or was it the 90s?)
Port George Country Jamboree and Giant Yard Sale
A couple of crowd shots. Mom avoiding the sun. Lunch time: scallop burgers & strawberry shortcake - yum! (Somehow many of our outings involved food.)
Moonlight Concert in Paradise
(between Lawrencetown and Bridgetown)
(between Lawrencetown and Bridgetown)
A backyard concert
with a thousand of our closest friends ;)
The people who own this house put on a big band backyard concert every summer with the proceeds going to the Paradise community hall. Incidentally, the husband built a train track (with a small functional train) around the perimeter of the property.
BBQ at our house for the Forresters organization
Church picnic in Port George, organized by Mom. I had to include the pic of Dad with his 'cool' shades
The shore at Port George
AKA our natural air conditioner on those really hot & sticky days (only 20 or so minutes from home)
Market day in Annapolis Royal
Main Street
The Saturday morning market at the bottom of Main Street
Visiting with friends and family
Mom trying to get Dad to smile in this pic with one of his classmates from mechanics school & his wife - they visit every summer but I haven't seen them for at least 10 or 15 years. My friend Denise was home from Ottawa visiting family and came by for an afternoon.
My cousin Marion & her kids were home from Ontario. They came over from the south shore with sister Jeannie and Mom/Grandma (one of Dad's sisters) in tow. My aunt across the road also came over for the visit and later trip to the Oaklawn Farm Zoo.
Cousin Chris & his daughter Bronwyn (ok, so he's my Dad's cousin's grandson, which makes Chris my 2nd cousin once removed, but we grew up together)
The Lake - Baxter's Cottage
Hanging out in the cottage
BBQ'ing and playing cards after dinner
the lake - we spent time at a couple other cottages on the same lake
watching the sunset at the lake
Flora & Fauna - watching and photographing
wild flowers? or perhaps just feral
from Mom's flower garden
eggplant blossom - yep, I did lots of gardening this summer
fed the birds too. Apparently this downy woodpecker likes sitting in bird seed...
we have tonnes of bluejays that come to the feeder & a few white breasted nuthatches. We also regularly have lots of chickadees, chipping sparrows and morning doves. There are also lots of occasional diners, like goldfinches, house finches, purple finches, dark eyed juncos, and rose-breasted grosbeaks.
hairy woodpeckers
the squirrels love the birdseed too, especially the sunflower seeds
they're cute but pesky
I also played with the kitty too (when he wasn't tormenting or being tormented by the squirrels)
with a thousand of our closest friends ;)
The people who own this house put on a big band backyard concert every summer with the proceeds going to the Paradise community hall. Incidentally, the husband built a train track (with a small functional train) around the perimeter of the property.
Gatherings
BBQ at our house for the Forresters organization
Church picnic in Port George, organized by Mom. I had to include the pic of Dad with his 'cool' shades
The shore at Port George
AKA our natural air conditioner on those really hot & sticky days (only 20 or so minutes from home)
Market day in Annapolis Royal
Main Street
The Saturday morning market at the bottom of Main Street
Visiting with friends and family
Mom trying to get Dad to smile in this pic with one of his classmates from mechanics school & his wife - they visit every summer but I haven't seen them for at least 10 or 15 years. My friend Denise was home from Ottawa visiting family and came by for an afternoon.
My cousin Marion & her kids were home from Ontario. They came over from the south shore with sister Jeannie and Mom/Grandma (one of Dad's sisters) in tow. My aunt across the road also came over for the visit and later trip to the Oaklawn Farm Zoo.
Cousin Chris & his daughter Bronwyn (ok, so he's my Dad's cousin's grandson, which makes Chris my 2nd cousin once removed, but we grew up together)
The Lake - Baxter's Cottage
Hanging out in the cottage
BBQ'ing and playing cards after dinner
the lake - we spent time at a couple other cottages on the same lake
watching the sunset at the lake
Flora & Fauna - watching and photographing
wild flowers? or perhaps just feral
from Mom's flower garden
eggplant blossom - yep, I did lots of gardening this summer
fed the birds too. Apparently this downy woodpecker likes sitting in bird seed...
we have tonnes of bluejays that come to the feeder & a few white breasted nuthatches. We also regularly have lots of chickadees, chipping sparrows and morning doves. There are also lots of occasional diners, like goldfinches, house finches, purple finches, dark eyed juncos, and rose-breasted grosbeaks.
hairy woodpeckers
the squirrels love the birdseed too, especially the sunflower seeds
they're cute but pesky
I also played with the kitty too (when he wasn't tormenting or being tormented by the squirrels)
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